Armin Mersmann

My work has become increasingly narrative. Symbolism, both collective and personal, is prevalent in my work as it deals with the evidence of humankind’s existence through artifacts. I am reacting to man’s preoccupation with cheating death and his creating representative objects, tokens and icons in an attempt to achieve this immortality. I am intrigued, amazed and frightened at the process of nature’s power to reclaim, and am dealing with my own mortality. There have been my main concepts of late. Although the “story” within the work is very important for me as a vehicle for pent-up emotions and impressions, I do not feel that it’s necessary that the viewer understand verbatim what I am portraying.It is, however important that the viewers’ own imagination gets activated, where my imagery and their exclusive translation bring a brand new meaning to the work, unique in that moment of time. These works are not meant to be illustrative, where all the information is laid out, but vague with a hint of surreal. I firmly believe the success of my work can only be attained through the unexpected nexus of thought and feeling between artist and viewer; this then becomes the ultimate artistic collaboration.
Eye Study, Graphite on paper, 10“ x 10“, 2009
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